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  3. Wed, 5th Aug, 2009
  4. Pontefract
  5. 4.10
Going: Good (Good to Firm in places). 
Placepot: Pool £64476.24  | Units £817.57  | Dividend £57.5
Quadpot: Pool £4240  | Units £248.75 £12.6  |  Place Six: £165.67  |  Place Five: £86.65
Summary
1st
silks
King Of Swords (IRE) 5, b g 8-5 (Mr P Alderson & Mr J Raybould)
(1:04.28 0.23 secs slower on today's going ) (Drawn 2)
Desert Prince (IRE) - Okey Dorey (IRE)(Lake Coniston (IRE))
Breeder - Maurice G McAuley

SP 22/1

N Tinkler
A Elliott
Tote Win £24.30 Place £5.30
loading past form
chased leaders, headway on inside over 1f out, soon challenging, driven and ran on gamely to lead final 100 yards
2nd
nk
silks
Namir (IRE) 7, b g 9-6 (Ownaracehorse Co Uk (shakespeare))
(Drawn 9)
Namid (GB) - Danalia (IRE)(Danehill (USA))

SP 6/1

D Shaw
G Gibbons
Place £2.60
loading past form
soon outpaced and pushed along towards rear, pushed along and headway on inside over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on under pressure inside final furlong, went 2nd, closing on winner near finish
3rd
0.5L
silks
Blessed Place (GB) 9, ch g 7-13 (Mr S J Edwards)
(Drawn 1)
Compton Place (GB) - Cathedra(So Blessed)

SP 17/2

D F Davis
Billy Cray(7)
Place £2.80
loading past form
half reared start, soon chased leader, led on inside halfway, ridden and kept on well until no extra and headed final 100 yards, lost 2nd near finish
4th
3L
silks
Hits Only Jude (IRE) 6, gr g 9-4 (Dreams)
(Drawn 6)
Bold Fact (USA) - Grey Goddess(Godswalk (USA))

SP 11/1

D Carroll
D Nolan
loading past form
mid-division, headway towards inside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
5th
shd
silks
Avertuoso (GB) 5, b g 9-5 (Pinnacle & Crossfields Racing)
(Drawn 11)
Averti (IRE) - First Musical (GB)(First Trump (GB))

SP 20/1

Bryan Smart
T Eaves
loading past form
steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never nearer
6th
0.75L
silks
Sir Nod (GB) 7, b g 9-4 (Mr Brian Nordan)
(Drawn 3)
Tagula (IRE) - Nordan Raider (GB)(Domynsky)

SP 9/2

Miss J A Camacho
B McHugh(5)
loading past form
slowly into stride and went right start, soon in mid-division, headway halfway, kept on one pace inside final furlong
7th
1.75L
silks
Molly Two (GB) 4, ch f 8-12 (Mr N Bulmer)
(Drawn 7)
Muhtarram (USA) - Rum Lass (GB)(Distant Relative)

SP 16/1

L A Mullaney
R Winston
loading past form
chased leaders, ridden on outside 2f out, weakened final furlong
8th
1.5L
silks
Mr Wolf (GB) 8, b g 9-8 (Mr Andrew Turton & Mr David Barker)
(Drawn 5)
Wolfhound (USA) - Madam Millie(Milford)

SP 4/1fav

J J Quinn
T Hamilton
loading past form
led, ridden and headed halfway, weakened final furlong
9th
1.5L
silks
Kheylide (IRE) 3, ch g 8-10 (Mr R J Budge)
(Drawn 10)
Kheleyf (USA) - Jayzdoll (IRE)(Stravinsky (USA))

SP 40/1

Mrs D J Sanderson
D Fox(3)
loading past form
outpaced throughout and always in rear
10th
1.25L
silks
Lord of The Reins (IRE) 5, b g 9-2 (Danethorpe Racing Partnership)
(Drawn 4)
Imperial Ballet (IRE) - Waroonga (IRE)(Brief Truce (USA))

SP 5/1

James Given
Frederik Tylicki(3)
loading past form
mid-division, ridden and weakened 2f out
11th
3.5L
silks
Bravely (IRE) 5, b g 9-10 (Habton Farms)
(Drawn 12)
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Raghida (IRE)(Nordico (USA))
Breeder - James F.Hanly

SP 15/2

Tim Easterby
T E Durcan
loading past form
mid-division on outside, pushed along and weakened halfway
Off 4.10
Time 1m. 4.28 secs, which is 0.23 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £203.60.

Non runner Comptonspirit (GB)

2008 Commander Wish 5 9-0 Liam Jones 9/1 (Lucinda Featherstone) (Drawn 8)

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